<p>Before Katrina, Modine Gunch was Everywoman who fought with pantyhose until they went out of style, shoved dirty dishes into the oven when her mother-in-law was coming up the walk, shudderingly oversaw school science projects involving roaches, and insisted that a dish that didn't survive the dishwasher didn't deserve to live. Her family's adventures have tickled the funnybones of New Orleans Magazine readers for 25 years and have appeared in two books: Never Heave your Bosom in a Front-Hook Bra and Never Sleep With a Fat Man in July. But in 2005, home was where the levees broke. The Gunch family's houses, strung comfortably close together along one block, were among those washed away. So the Gunches found out that they were double-wide and their FEMA trailers weren't; "Don't come knockin' if this trailer's rockin'" meant somebody was stretched out in the vibrating recliner; and the talent God gave Modine was for cleaning out putrid refrigerators. But five years later, the Gunches are still standing -- when they're not second-lining.</p>

Never Clean Your House During Hurricane Season

Humor & Entertainment

Gunch, Modine

Monaghan, Liz Scott

Humor

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<p>Like your cookbooks with a liberal helping of parody? Well, step right up and try our Heckuva Job Brownies! You’re sure to love our Sugar-Coated Satan Sandwich! Here are a few other delicious Democratic dishes you might enjoy: • Kucinich Spinach (Eat your spinach; vote Kucinich!) • Left-wing Lasagna (not to be confused with Chicken-wing Lasagna) • The Obama Family Chili Recipe (which you won’t find anywhere else . . . except maybe on the White House web site) • Tony Hayward I-Want-My-Life-Back Crabby Cakes • All-Politics-Is-Local Vegetables Baked in Parchment • Super Rich Get Richer Hot Fudge Pudding Cake Democrats in Louisiana don’t have much opportunity to affect the political landscape. But we don’t just abandon our responsibility as citizens and drown our sorrows in rum balls and The Daily Show. Appealing as that sounds, we focus our energies in areas that tend to be outside the mainstream where we can make a difference. This cookbook is one example. Even here in our relatively wealthy part of the state, there are people who don’t get enough to eat. Many groups work to feed hungry people, and the money we raise from this cookbook will help those groups. By turning our time and attention to this problem that’s outside the mainstream political discourse, we can have an impact. • All profits from the sale of this book go toward feeding the hungry. •</p>

Cookbook for the Hungry: A wickedly delicious collection of recipes and cooking tips,

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Women's Club, Northshore Democratic

Regional & International

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